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scot

/skot/US // skɒt //UK // (skɒt) //

莨夊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    History/Historical.

    • : a payment or charge.
    • : one's share of a payment or charge.
    • : an assessment or tax.

Examples

  • It is disappointing and, frankly, frightening that Thompson walked away from his repugnant Sea World excursion scot-free.

  • This allows news reporters to translate whatever is said by a Scot being interviewed into whatever will make the most news.

  • While the police may walk away scot-free, we still remember what they did.

  • David Tennant, the Doctor before Smith, was another Scot but he adopted an English accent for the role.

  • Or, alternatively, we could run away scot-free down Fifth Avenue and pause now and then to inseminate someone.

  • He paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me.

  • At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."

  • “Perhaps I div,” returned the Scot, with that touch of cynicism which is occasionally seen in his race.

  • Like our Scot, he had gained admission to the place through the influence of a friendly thief.

  • With all the fiery enthusiasm of the Gael, he possessed to an unusual degree the caution of the Lowland Scot.